User's Manual

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The guidance sound will be heard after the occlusion phase is complete to alert the
patient that the deflation phase is about to begin. “The deflation phase is about to
start. The cuff is about to be deflated. ”, After that, “Congratulations! You are now in
the deflation phase. This phase will also last for 5 minutes. You will notice your right
lower arm and hand may become turning red due to the restoration flow of the warm
blood. In fact, there will be more blood rushing to your forearm and hand than the
usual. The more blood the more the temperature rebound. After 1-2 min, the redness
will disappear and your hand and arm will return to normal. Please relax until the test
is completed. It is very important that you feel relaxed in this period which the
VENDYS test measures your response.”Whenthe occlusiontimehaselapsed, thecuff
automatically deflates.Theprogramcontinuesto acquire thetemperature dataand plot
itto thestripchartandstoreitin thelocal array. Thiswill continue until
thePostDeflationTimeisreached.
Theprogramtracksthesechangesasspecified by thetestsettings. Once the test
iscomplete, the programexecutesseveralfunctions:
Re-plotall the dataontoonescreenwidth
Calculatethevarioustemperature and time values
Displayany warningflagsfor the test
Sendall informationto thedatabase
Sendtheentire arrayof testdata to thetextdata file
Once the testhasbeen completed, the following messagewill be displayed:
This message indicates that the test is complete and the final report will be created if
the test is saved. After clicking on the “View the report” button, the final report will
be displayed.